Question

Solve for x under the assumption that x<0.
x-5/x<4

Answer 1

If you would like to solve the inequality x - 5/x < 4, you can do this using the following steps:

x - 5/x < 4
x^2 - 5 < 4x
x^2 - 4x - 5 < 0
(x - 5) * (x + 1) < 0
x < 0
1. x = 5
2. x = -1

The correct result would be x = -1.